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		<title>African Journal #29: Hold My Hand in the Silence and Darkness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was 2 I met my first Deaf friend, then thousands of Deaf friends after that. I met my first Deaf teacher when I was 11, and had hundreds of Deaf teachers after that. I met Deaf children from 12 different countries in Paris, France when I was 12, and I have a long [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tactiletheworld.wordpress.com&blog=671778&post=164&subd=tactiletheworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>African Journal #28: Departure from Usherhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sun is shining.  Thermometers are exploding at 102 degrees Fahrenheit. Maitama has become my new zip code in Abuja. At the Christian Blind Missionary, Disability Rights Unit, 13 Okemesi Crescent, the staff are upbeat and the office desk has been nicely set up. Books and brochures brought in from the United States and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tactiletheworld.wordpress.com&blog=671778&post=162&subd=tactiletheworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>411: Blind Mammals at the New England Aquarium</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is for you animal lovers! Hat tip to Jeff Ives of the New England Aquarium for sharing this blog post written by one of his staff. It&#8217;s got videos, pictures and stories of different mammals who are blind &#8211; seals, dolphins, you name it. Touching!
http://www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/blogs_webcams_videos_and_more/blogs/marine_mammals/2009/03/100-reset-your-sights.php
Tactile love to the animals
Coco
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		<title>Spotlight: Gijs Bruggemann</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotlight on GIJS BRUGGEMANN
Gijs Bruggemann is a 32 year old man with Usher Syndrome, lives in the heart of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Bruggemann grew up attending a Deaf school in Amsterdam with total communication. He was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome at 9 years old, then attended a the Rafael at Viataal school, in Sint-Michielsgestel
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		<title>Opinion: Fed Up With CNN</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been silent til now. Call it apathy. I&#8217;m always advocating, sometimes I take a back seat to it, thinking others would notice and take the issues headon. But I don&#8217;t see anyone standing up to CNN and telling them off for not subtitling their &#8220;video&#8221; articles. 
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		<title>Resources Needed for the Deaf and Deaf Blind in Nigeria!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sannu from Zurich!
Two more weeks to go and I&#8217;m back in Nigeria with so many more opportunities popping up over there for me to roll up my sleeves! The UN Conventions on Disabilities is making its mark in the government, organizations and schools in Nigeria, and I&#8217;ve been asked to play a part in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tactiletheworld.wordpress.com&blog=671778&post=147&subd=tactiletheworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fundraising: Help A Dedicated Deaf Nigerian Teacher Get his Master&#8217;s Degree</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Switzerland! I&#8217;ve been enjoying my European retreat, but I miss being in Nigeria and working with good people &#8211; the volunteers, the dedicated people like the interpreters and teachers I know.


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		<title>European Journal #27: Tartan Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Journal #27: Tartan Dreams
Ever since my sight started on its own biological clock ticking away to the eventual day of full-blindness, my resolve to see more of the world has strengthened. I’d been to Asia, Africa, plenty of American states and most of Canada, as well as Europe. There was still Australia, some more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tactiletheworld.wordpress.com&blog=671778&post=141&subd=tactiletheworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article: Deaf-Blind Woman Almost Abducted</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, February 14, 2009
Deaf-blind woman escapes abductor
From the St. Petersburg Times in Florida:
TAMPA, Fla.
The butterfly wind chime on the door to the Mobil Mart
jingled Friday morning. A 40-year-old woman walked in, shaking, gasping for air and struggling to yell.
All that escaped was a hard moan.
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		<title>Article: Going Deaf and Blind in a City of Noise and Lights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings!
I would like to share with you an artcle published in the New Yorker about a young Deaf Blind woman named Rebecca Alexander, who is 29 like me. 
I think this article is another prime example how many DB people out there are leading extraordinary lives. There are so many leaders, accomplished people out there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tactiletheworld.wordpress.com&blog=671778&post=137&subd=tactiletheworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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